COVID-19

COVID-19 : FG to patients: Stop threatening frontline health workers, says it is unacceptable

  …asks states to wade in, lauds 425 hospitals, clinics donated by Catholic Church as isolation centres …spikes in cases due to expanded...

English Premier League Allowed to Restart in June Without Fans – UK Government

  The English Premier League will be allowed to resume the 2019-20 season from June 1 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the...

Nigeria reports 15 more coronavirus deaths

  Fifteen more Nigerians have died from COVID-19, the NCDC health OFFICIALS announced Sunday, bringing Nigeria’s death toll to 143.     The...

Nigeria coronavirus cases pass 4,150, 11 new deaths announced Saturday

    Cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria hit 4, 151 on Saturday, as NCDC health officials announced 239 new positive tests.   Eleven...

COVID-19 treatment : Lagos’ clinical trial of Hydroxychloroquine begins soon

  Taking the lead among the 36 states, the Lagos State Government says it will soon begin its own clinical trial of Chloroquine...

Nigeria approaches 4,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus with 117 deaths

    There are now 3,912 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria, NCDC health officials announced Friday night, an increase of 386 cases from...

COVID-19: Ondo Polytechnic mass produced face masks, donates sanitisers, others to Governor

  Determined to join forces with the government and other organizations in the COVID-19 fight, Ondo State-owned Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, has donated...

COVID-19: FG admits slipshod evacuation of Nigerians from UK, apologises 

    …pilots, crew refused to fly with PPE — Onyeama The Federal Government has apologized over the slapdash associated with the evacuation...

COVID-19 guidelines violations: FG orders stricter enforcement by security agents

   …trend dangerous, says Mustapha The Federal Government has given security agencies marching orders to ensure stricter enforcement of the COVID-19 advisories and guidelines....

COVID-19: FG approves plant-based cough mixture assessment as cure  

     Sequel to calls by professors and herbal medicine practitioners, the Federal Government may have budged as it ordered the...

Nigeria reports more than 380 new COVID-19 cases, its biggest one-day leap

  With 381 additional coronavirus cases, NCDC  officials on Thursday reported their largest single-day increase in cases since the pandemic began. That bring...

Escape from COVID-19 isolation centres must stop, says FG

    …asks states to provide adequate security at centre   …trend ‘ll spike number of infected persons …frowns at breach of inter-state...

Nigeria coronavirus death toll surpasses 100

  Coronavirus has killed from coast to coast. It devastated Lagos state and crept into Kano. Across Nigeria, more than 100 people infected...

Spike in COVID-19 cases: FG directs states to establish more isolation centres

      Worried by the spike in the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases countrywide, the Federal Government has urged state governors to...

Kano COVID-19 crisis latest: 34 doctors test positive, one dies

  At least, 34 doctors in Kano State have tested positive to COVID-19, according to the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA). NMA said on...

COVID-19: N2trn stimulus to be injected into Nigeria’s economy — FG

  The Federal Government says a N2 trillion stimulus will soon be injected into the nation’s economy to cushion the effects of the...